ISLAMABAD: A shutters-down strike gripped Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan province on Saturday as clashes between protesters and security forces rocked Quetta, the provincial capital, leaving at least three dead and several injured.The unrest erupted after the arrest of Dr Mahrang Baloch, the defiant face of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), an ethnic rights group, and…
<p>CM Devendra Fadnavis<span class=”redactor-invisible-space” style=”” span”=””></span></p> NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Congress on Saturday accused the Mahayuti government of bias against a particular community and claimed that police did not allow his party’s “fact-finding” committee to visit violence-hit areas in Nagpur.Congress leader Manikrao Thakare, who is heading the seven-member committee of the party, questioned how the government…
NEW DELHI: Renowned Hindi writer Vinod Kumar Shukla was named the recipient of India’s highest literary honour, the 59th Jnanpith Award, on Saturday.The 88-year-old writer, celebrated for his poetry, short stories, and essays, will be the first author from Chhattisgarh to receive this prestigious honour. After receiving the honour, Shukla will join the ranks of…
Maharashtra CM Fadnavis (File photo) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis held a high-level meeting with top police officials on Saturday to review the recent communal violence in Nagpur triggered by Aurangzeb tomb row. Speaking to the media afterward, he warned that damages would be recovered from the rioters, adding, “Wherever required, bulldozers will also…
At the TOI Water Summit 2025, Padma Shri award-winning scientist revealed that he found “no faecal bacteria type elements in the Ganga River” that he could call “unsafe for humans” whilst conducting research at the 2025 Maha Kumbh event.The event’s first panel discussion, titled ‘Maha Kumbh 2025: Mega Water Management – A Success Story,’ featured…
TIRUPATI: Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu said non-Hindu employees working in Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) will be reassigned to other departments without hurting their sentiments. While reiterating that only Hindus should work at TTD, Naidu said employees of other faiths, and Hindus working in Christian or Muslim organisations will also be relocated. “Religious places…
JAMMU: A joint team of security forces embarked on a search operation in the forests of Naidgam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Friday following inputs about the movement of suspected terrorists. Meanwhile, late Thursday, a loud “explosion-like” sound was heard in the remote Thanamandi area of Rajouri district but no damage or loss…
Hurriyat Conference Chairman and Chief Cleric of Jammu and Kashmir Mirwaiz Umar Farooq SRINAGAR: In his first public address after the Centre’s recent ban on his Awami Action Committee (AAC), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq invoked Friday the name of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee while seeking revocation of the curbs.The head of separatist Hurriyat Conference’s moderate…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday took a sharp swipe at Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, accusing him and his party of exploiting the language issue for political gains and to divert attention from corruption allegations. He also said the Tamil Nadu government does not have the courage “to provide medical…
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Friday responded to questions about whether any Indian government official was invited to the Iftar dinner hosted at the Pakistan High Commission for Pakistan’s National Day on Thursday.“Nimantran toh rishton pe nirbhar karta hai naa… (An invitation depends on relations)” MEA spokesperson…
